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G. L. JAEGER.

PARTITIONIOR CELL GASES. No. 824,999. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

INVENTOR-K Z59 ATTORNEYS lhvrrno STATES PATENT OF IC (lUSlAY L. JAEGI'JII, ()l NIHV YORK, X. Y.

PARTITION FOR CELL-CASES.

EPEC'IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,999, dated August 25, 1885.

" Application filed June 25, 1955. (X0 model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV L. Janeen, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Partitions for Cel1-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cell-cases; and it consists of a series of intersecting partitions, each having hooks and eyes formed therein, and each hook being situated and constructed to engage with a corresponding eye; and it also consists in cell-case'partitions having hooks and eyes formed therein by suitable slots or incisions, each hook being situated and constructed to engage with one of the eyes, the slots being provided with bellshaped months, all of which is more fully pointed out in the following specification and cla'ims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of a portion of one of the intersecting partitions which form the cells. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of one of the intersecting partitions, which extends in the opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig.- 3 is a perspective view of the partitions when properly united. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the portions when united, as seen from no side opposite to that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a complete layer of the cells.

Sim ilar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a portion of one ofthe series of intersecting partitions, and Bis one of the series which extends at right angles to the former.

(I, Fig. 1, is a projecting hook formed bya slot or incision,.a, which extends obliquely from the lower edge of the partition A, and by the hole a, which latter forms the face 0 of the hook. This hook is adapted to engage with a corresponding eye, 0, Fig. 2, in the partition B,whieh is suitably situated for that purpose, and the latter partition is also provided with a similar hook, D, which is constructed to engage with a corresponding eye, D, suitably situated in the partition A, and is formed by an oblique slot, 1), and a hole, I), as before. The said slot, however, extends from the upper edge 01 the partition, and the ll0Ol-I-fdC8S struction of the partitions permitting the hooks to spring away from the solid portions of the material between the slots and the eyes, and then to enter the said eyes when'in'f the proper position. Since the hooks face in opposite directions, the face of each hook engages directly with the edge of its eye, and consequertl y it is impossible to draw out up wardly any of the partitions unless suflicient force be employed to abrade or tear off the hooks, two of which are in engagement with the eyes at each intersection.

The hooks and eyes are punched or otherwise formed in the partitions at equal distances from each other, and by properly arranging a number of the partitions to intersect a series of bottomless cells are formed, which are securely fixed against separation from each other. This separation is liable to occur from the tendency of one of the series of partitions to rise, when the partitions are held together by frictional contact, only, but' by the resistance to abrasion or tearing offered by the material of the hooks it is here efiectually prevented.

In the present state of the art cell-cases are usually manufactured by automatic machinery constructed for this purpose, and therefore, for reasons apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, it is found to be expedient-,when these same tutline as shown in the drawings; but in partitions are to be, automatically united in sericsby machine, to

i same time the obliquity of such a case the partitions could be drawn apart easier thannrhen the slots extend obliquely, the object of the said obliquity of the slots being to allow the hooks to snap into the eyes on uniting the partitions, while at the di reetion prevents the partitionsh'oin being drawn apart, and it likewise prevents the hooks from coming out of the eyes.

vWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ,is

p 1. The hereindescribed partition for celleases, haying formed therein a series of hooks, (-aolr'hfavi'ng a slot leading from the hook to the edge of the partition, and provided with a corresponding series of eyes formed in the body ofthepartitioiiand Completely closed upon all sides; substantially as described.

2. The partitions for cell-oi1ses herein described, each'hai ing h'ooksformed in the body of the partition and provided with slots leading fro n' the edge of the hooks, said slots having bell-shaped or flaring mouths, and eaoh provided, also,'with :1 Corresponding series of eyes iornie'd in the body of the partition and colnp letelyclosed'upon all sides, the hooks of one partition engaging with the eyes of another, substantial] y as deseri bed 3. The ilClOill-(lGSCllbOd partitions for cellcases, one set of said partitions having a series of hooks and a corresponding series of eyes aligned perpendicularly above the other set having a series of similar hooks and corresponding series of eyes aligned perpendicularly beneath the hooks, the eyes of each set being formed in the body of the partition and completely closed on all. sides, the eyes in each set being adapted to engage with the hooks of the other set, substantially as described.

4C. The herein-described partitions for cellcases, each having a series of hooks and provided with oblique slots leading from the edge to said hooks, and each provided also with a eorres jmndi ng series of eyes completely closed on all sides, the eyes in one partition being adapted to engage with the hooks of the intersecti 11g tially as descrihed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two sub.- scribing witnesses.

- GUSTAV L. J'AEGER. [1. s.]

\Vitnesses:

W'. HAUFF, E. F. KAs'rnNHUnnn.

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